Receptacle-support and advertising-exhibitor



11H. AND H. F. HARTZELL. RECEPTACLE SUPPORT AND ADVERTISING EXHIBITOR. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-4, 1920.

1,373,963, i Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

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RECEPTACLE SUPPORT AND ADVERTISING EXHIBITOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4. 1920 1,373,963. Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT err-res. j

JAMES H. HARTZELL AND HARRY r. HARTZELL, or LAKELAN FLORIDA.

RECEPTAGLE-SUPPORT Ann ADVERTISING-EXHIBITOR.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Apr. 5 1921.

Application filed september l, 1920. Serial No. 408,125.

T 0 at whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, JAMES H. HARTZELL and HARRY F. HAR'IZELL, citizens of the United States, residing at Lakeland, in the county of Polk and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacle-Supports and Advertis- Exhibitors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a'receptacle support or stand and more particularly to a combined sanitary trash can holder and advertising exhibitor.

The object of the invention is to provide a holder of this character fromwhich the receptacle supported thereby may be easily and quickly removed and which is held securely in the rack or holder by interlocking means on the rack and the receptacle.

Another object is to provide a combined receptacle holder and advertising rack which may be utilized for exhibiting various advertisements some of which are removably and others permanently mounted thereon.

Another object is to provide a sanitary trash can for use in connection with the holder constructed so as to permit the escape of liquid and which will return to upright position if tilted slightly over 45, the can and its support having detachable interlocking means to hold them connected.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of he support embodying this invention with a can shown mounted therein,

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

3 is a perspective view of the holder or support with the can removed, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line 4% ofFig. 1. a

In the embodiment illustrated, the holder constituting this invention comprises a pedestal including a base 1 composed of hea material of sulficient weight and size to hold it firmly on the ground and to prevent accidental tilting thereof. This base 1 has a tandard or post 2 rising therefrom and provided at its upper end with a socket 3 to detachably receive depending fingers 5? of a frame 5 which is held in operative position in said socket by set. screws 4. i

The frame 5 is preferably constructed of heavy wire and as shown is composed of a plurality of radially extending pairs of arms 6 and 7 the arms 6 being disposed diametrically opposite each other while those 7 are positioned at right angles to the arms 6 and are equipped at their outer ends with upturned fingers 8. These fingers 8 in connection with side bars 9 carried by the arms 6 form a seat for the receptacle tobe supported' The arms 6 are bent upward at their outer ends to form. the side bars. or members 9 which extend upwardly parallel with each other to a point some distance above the top of the can or other receptacle to be supported thereby.

The upstanding arms 9 diverge at their wardly inclined members 10 which merge into upstanding parallel bars 11 connected by a cross bar 12. The side bars 11 and cross bar 12 form a-substantially rectangu lar frame in which is mounted a partition upper ends to providejupwardly and out plate 15 andwhich are also equipped with clips 13 designed to removably support advertisements shown at A.

Mounted on the cross bar 12 is a, circular frameifi designed to permanently support advertising or other matter one advertisement being shown on one side and another tending clips 18 at diametrically opposite points which are designed to engage the up standing side bars 9 adjacenttheir diverging portions 10 and hold the can against lateral movement, the upturned fingers 8 and the side bars 9 also assisting to so hold the can.

The base'or pedestal is sufficiently heavy to return the can 17 to anupright position when tilted slightly in excess of 45. To remove the can from its support all that is necessary is to lift it three or four inches which releases the clips 18 from the side bars 9 and elevates the bottom of the can above the tops of the fin er 8.

As shown, the'frame or rack '5 contains spaces for four advertisements, two of which are immovably supported in the circular frame 16 as above describedand two removably mounted in the rectangular frame beneath it, as shown in Fig. 4.

The advertisements supported by the rectangular frame are of course correspondingly shaped and are slipped in from the bottom and are held fixed against the plate 15 by the clips 13 and also by a rivet 19 at the bottom of the frame, which latter isinserted after-both of the advertisements have been placed in position.

This support while it may be used for any desired purpose is especially designed to support trash cans on the streets of a town or city, the advertising space being sold or rented to various concerns and is very public and conspicuous being on duty at all times.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that any modifications within the scope ofthe claims may be made in the construction without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

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1. In a support of the class described, a pedestal, a frame detach'ably mounted on said pedestal including radiating arms, some of whichhave upstanding fingers at their outer ends, and others having upstanding side members arranged parallel with each other, and a rectangular frame connecting the upper ends of said side members.

2. In a supportof the class described, a pedestal, a frame risingv from said pedestal and including radiating'arms equipped with parallel upstanding side members with a re:

ceptacle receiving. seat at the base of said bent to form radiating arms, the terminals 7 of which extend outwardly at right angles to enter the pedestal socket. parallel side members extending upwardly Irom said arms and diverging at their upper ends and conupstanding coil in its top member.

In testnnony'whereof, we affix our signatures hereto. JAMES H. HARTZELL. HARRY F. HARTZELL.

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